Hip driven or shoulder driven? The reason I ask is that I'm a shoulder driven sprinter but have a more hip driven stroke in the 200.
I've been trying to find some speed from a hip driven stroke but so far have just not been able to come close (24.3 scy hip driven vs 23.1 shoulder driven). Is one inherently better than the other? If so, why?
Can one utilize both techniques depending on the race? Is it possible to have an effective shoulder driven sprint stroke and an effective hip driven distance stroke?
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Honest, I looked at these videos quite a few times and couldn't tell the difference in strokes. Partly that's because the videos showed mostly hands and feet but rarely showed shoulders and hips, and almost never showed shoulders and hips at the same time.
I'm a bit of a simpleton, though, so how about this guy?:
http://swimsmooth.com/
Is his stroke hip-driven or shoulder-driven, and how can you tell? (I'm not being sarcastic - just trying to understand the discussion.)
Hip driven mate. 100% hip driven.
I say this because (unless these was a change in his coaching philosophy), P.Newsome is one of the respectable coaches I was referring too that clearly advocate hip driven free style. So I guess that their new baby swimmer is applying this concept as well.
Honest, I looked at these videos quite a few times and couldn't tell the difference in strokes. Partly that's because the videos showed mostly hands and feet but rarely showed shoulders and hips, and almost never showed shoulders and hips at the same time.
I'm a bit of a simpleton, though, so how about this guy?:
http://swimsmooth.com/
Is his stroke hip-driven or shoulder-driven, and how can you tell? (I'm not being sarcastic - just trying to understand the discussion.)
Hip driven mate. 100% hip driven.
I say this because (unless these was a change in his coaching philosophy), P.Newsome is one of the respectable coaches I was referring too that clearly advocate hip driven free style. So I guess that their new baby swimmer is applying this concept as well.
